Fernandes Bass

[kevbass]

Hello ladies and gents, as you know I am going to be modding a p bass shortly with a stingray pup, but, I saw these whilst browsing ebay, I think it looks quite nice, and the stingray pup would fit quite nice (I've always wanted a ray but cant afford one right now) so what do you guys think, reckon its worth considering? I'd throw a bad ass on it also. Its cheap as chips too which is a bonus

[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Fernandes-A4X05CAR-Atlas-4-X-4-String-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ320231921910QQihZ011QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247"]http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Fernandes-A4X05CAR...Q2em118Q2el1247[/url]

and better pics in black

[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Fernandes-Atlas-4X-4-String-Bass-Guitar-Black_W0QQitemZ290222521769QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Fernandes-Atlas-4X...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Edited April 14, 2008 by kevbass

[ahpook]

certainly looks nice....spesh in black

[mr pablo]

[quote name='ahpook' post='177338' date='Apr 15 2008, 08:46 PM']certainly looks nice....spesh in black[/quote]

Agreed +1

looks like it could be good to upgrade

[Kiwi]

Blimey, if they make a 5 string, the fret work is OK and the neck wood is stiff enough it might be a bit of a winner as a gigging workhorse. I'll keep an eye out for them when I'm next in Demark Street.

[ahpook]

[quote name='mr pablo' post='177390' date='Apr 15 2008, 09:25 PM']Agreed +1

looks like it could be good to upgrade [/quote]

plus the one

gotoh bridge...upgraded pickup....

look at me, i'm talking myself into it here

[kevbass]

I'm quite partial to that red one in the first link, I think I'm going to have get one of these and mod it.

[Kiwi]

no 5 string version from the looks of the Fernandes website. That sucks a bit.

[SJA]

as used by Charlie from Lost with his band Driveshaft, yunno, the band with just the one song, that sounds like Oasis' Rock n' roll star!

Edited April 16, 2008 by SJA

[lowhand_mike]

i have played one of these, and they dont sound anything like a ray, i thought it would but it doesnt. Similar ish to a P but again not and the tone pots and switch really dont seem to do much to the sound. now either i am deaf or maybe it was the amp it was going through that did it. The neck is quite nice and pretty chunky and its pretty heavy.
I did play it for a while but gave up trying to get any range of sounds out of it but like i said the amp i had it going through was pretty crap so it could be down to that but for the price its pretty sweet.